## Changelog
### [1.8.7](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8.7) - 08 Dec 2022
* [PR #65](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/65): Speedup Merge
Thanks to [@AdityaVallabh](https://github.com/AdityaVallabh) for the patch.
* [PR #66](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/66): use github actions
### [1.8.6](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8.6) - 23 Feb 2022
* [PR #57](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/57):Fix "unreachable code" lint error
Thanks to [@ellie](https://github.com/ellie) for the patch.
* [PR #63](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/63): Make TestMustGetParsedDuration backwards compatible
This patch ensures that the `TestMustGetParsedDuration` still works with `go1.3` to make the
author happy until it affects real users.
Thanks to [@maage](https://github.com/maage) for the patch.
### [1.8.5](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8.5) - 24 Mar 2021
* [PR #55](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/55): Fix: Encoding Bug in Comments
When reading comments \ are loaded correctly, but when writing they are then
replaced by \\. This leads to wrong comments when writing and reading multiple times.
Thanks to [@doxsch](https://github.com/doxsch) for the patch.
### [1.8.4](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8.4) - 23 Sep 2020
* [PR #50](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/50): enhance error message for circular references
Thanks to [@sriv](https://github.com/sriv) for the patch.
### [1.8.3](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8.3) - 14 Sep 2020
* [PR #49](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/49): Include the key in error message causing the circular reference
The change is include the key in the error message which is causing the circular
reference when parsing/loading the properties files.
Thanks to [@haroon-sheikh](https://github.com/haroon-sheikh) for the patch.
### [1.8.2](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8.2) - 25 Aug 2020
* [PR #36](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/36): Escape backslash on write
This patch ensures that backslashes are escaped on write. Existing applications which
rely on the old behavior may need to be updated.
Thanks to [@apesternikov](https://github.com/apesternikov) for the patch.
* [PR #42](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/42): Made Content-Type check whitespace agnostic in LoadURL()
Thanks to [@aliras1](https://github.com/aliras1) for the patch.
* [PR #41](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/41): Make key/value separator configurable on Write()
Thanks to [@mkjor](https://github.com/mkjor) for the patch.
* [PR #40](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/40): Add method to return a sorted list of keys
Thanks to [@mkjor](https://github.com/mkjor) for the patch.
### [1.8.1](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8.1) - 10 May 2019
* [PR #35](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/35): Close body always after request
This patch ensures that in `LoadURL` the response body is always closed.
Thanks to [@liubog2008](https://github.com/liubog2008) for the patch.
### [1.8](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.8) - 15 May 2018
* [PR #26](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/26): Disable expansion during loading
This adds the option to disable property expansion during loading.
Thanks to [@kmala](https://github.com/kmala) for the patch.
### [1.7.6](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.7.6) - 14 Feb 2018
* [PR #29](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/29): Reworked expansion logic to handle more complex cases.
See PR for an example.
Thanks to [@yobert](https://github.com/yobert) for the fix.
### [1.7.5](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.7.5) - 13 Feb 2018
* [PR #28](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/28): Support duplicate expansions in the same value
Values which expand the same key multiple times (e.g. `key=${a} ${a}`) will no longer fail
with a `circular reference error`.
Thanks to [@yobert](https://github.com/yobert) for the fix.
### [1.7.4](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.7.4) - 31 Oct 2017
* [Issue #23](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/23): Ignore blank lines with whitespaces
* [PR #24](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/24): Update keys when DisableExpansion is enabled
Thanks to [@mgurov](https://github.com/mgurov) for the fix.
### [1.7.3](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.7.3) - 10 Jul 2017
* [Issue #17](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/17): Add [SetValue()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.SetValue) method to set values generically
* [Issue #22](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/22): Add [LoadMap()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#LoadMap) function to load properties from a string map
### [1.7.2](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.7.2) - 20 Mar 2017
* [Issue #15](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/15): Drop gocheck dependency
* [PR #21](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/21): Add [Map()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.Map) and [FilterFunc()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.FilterFunc)
### [1.7.1](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.7.1) - 13 Jan 2017
* [Issue #14](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/14): Decouple TestLoadExpandedFile from `$USER`
* [PR #12](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/12): Load from files and URLs
* [PR #16](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/16): Keep gofmt happy
* [PR #18](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/18): Fix Delete() function
### [1.7.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.7.0) - 20 Mar 2016
* [Issue #10](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/10): Add [LoadURL,LoadURLs,MustLoadURL,MustLoadURLs](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#LoadURL) method to load properties from a URL.
* [Issue #11](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/11): Add [LoadString,MustLoadString](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#LoadString) method to load properties from an UTF8 string.
* [PR #8](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/8): Add [MustFlag](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.MustFlag) method to provide overrides via command line flags. (@pascaldekloe)
### [1.6.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.6.0) - 11 Dec 2015
* Add [Decode](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.Decode) method to populate struct from properties via tags.
### [1.5.6](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.5.6) - 18 Oct 2015
* Vendored in gopkg.in/check.v1
### [1.5.5](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.5.5) - 31 Jul 2015
* [PR #6](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/pull/6): Add [Delete](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.Delete) method to remove keys including comments. (@gerbenjacobs)
### [1.5.4](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.5.4) - 23 Jun 2015
* [Issue #5](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/5): Allow disabling of property expansion [DisableExpansion](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.DisableExpansion). When property expansion is disabled Properties become a simple key/value store and don't check for circular references.
### [1.5.3](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.5.3) - 02 Jun 2015
* [Issue #4](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/4): Maintain key order in [Filter()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.Filter), [FilterPrefix()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.FilterPrefix) and [FilterRegexp()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.FilterRegexp)
### [1.5.2](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.5.2) - 10 Apr 2015
* [Issue #3](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/3): Don't print comments in [WriteComment()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.WriteComment) if they are all empty
* Add clickable links to README
### [1.5.1](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.5.1) - 08 Dec 2014
* Added [GetParsedDuration()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.GetParsedDuration) and [MustGetParsedDuration()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.MustGetParsedDuration) for values specified compatible with
[time.ParseDuration()](http://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration).
### [1.5.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.5.0) - 18 Nov 2014
* Added support for single and multi-line comments (reading, writing and updating)
* The order of keys is now preserved
* Calling [Set()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.Set) with an empty key now silently ignores the call and does not create a new entry
* Added a [MustSet()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.MustSet) method
* Migrated test library from launchpad.net/gocheck to [gopkg.in/check.v1](http://gopkg.in/check.v1)
### [1.4.2](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.4.2) - 15 Nov 2014
* [Issue #2](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/2): Fixed goroutine leak in parser which created two lexers but cleaned up only one
### [1.4.1](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.4.1) - 13 Nov 2014
* [Issue #1](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/1): Fixed bug in Keys() method which returned an empty string
### [1.4.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.4.0) - 23 Sep 2014
* Added [Keys()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.Keys) to get the keys
* Added [Filter()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.Filter), [FilterRegexp()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.FilterRegexp) and [FilterPrefix()](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.FilterPrefix) to get a subset of the properties
### [1.3.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.3.0) - 18 Mar 2014
* Added support for time.Duration
* Made MustXXX() failure beha[ior configurable (log.Fatal, panic](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/vior configurable (log.Fatal, panic) - custom)
* Changed default of MustXXX() failure from panic to log.Fatal
### [1.2.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.2.0) - 05 Mar 2014
* Added MustGet... functions
* Added support for int and uint with range checks on 32 bit platforms
### [1.1.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.1.0) - 20 Jan 2014
* Renamed from goproperties to properties
* Added support for expansion of environment vars in
filenames and value expressions
* Fixed bug where value expressions were not at the
start of the string
### [1.0.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tree/v1.0.0) - 7 Jan 2014
* Initial release